Genario

Genario is AI software and services for screenwriting and audiovisual production, built for screenwriters, producers, and studios working on film, series, and documentary. The French company was founded in 2019 by Louis Manhès, a robotics and AI engineer, and David Defendi, a French screenwriter and novelist whose credits include the series Braquo. It remains active.

The work has two parts: the Genario application, a writing and analysis tool, and Genario Studio, a services arm. The application is organized as a set of distinct named functions rather than a single general chatbot, and it routes requests to current third-party AI models, swapping them as new ones become available.

What it does

• Brainstorming of ideas and directions.
• Script creation from an outline or source material, with an adjustable creativity setting.
• Adaptation of a script into a novel, a synopsis, or a scene-by-scene breakdown.
• Reading notes, producing studio-style coverage on plot, pacing, and characters.
• Version comparison of two screenplay drafts, returning a change report.
• Corrections for grammar, style, and structure.
• Translation that preserves the source file format, so a PDF stays a PDF and an FDX stays an FDX.

Genario Studio handles custom AI work for producers and studios, spanning development, pre-production, and post-production. Reported usage is over 20,000 users and 45,000 projects, with industry ties to Banijay and Pathé Films and an association with the World AI Film Festival in Nice.